I just purchased and installed avast premier and all is going just fine BUT windows firewall was never automatically turned off during the installation and after a reboot just to make sure everything is good after install win 7 firewall is still ON!!
What should I do?
Also if avast premier is suppose to turn of the windows based firewall but does not, is this not a concern or some sort of bug??
No, I am not connected to Avast, just another person who has their Internet Security installed on both of my computers. Perhaps I can help you with your questions, if not then Please contact their Support.
Just go into Administrative Tools, click on Administrative Tools, another panel will open up, scroll down to Services, click on that another panel will open up with all of your Services listed, scroll down until you see Windows Firewall, click on that and DISABLE it. Also make sure it says STOPPED. If not pull down the panel that should give the option to STOP it. Then click on apply and ok on the bottom. Your Windows Firewall is DISABLED from Starting.
Some people can run two firewalls, but most can not. With two Firewalls and two Anti-Virus both will conflict with each other. NOT good. Always use One Firewall and One Anti-Virus. Avast is a an Excellent product. I've had the Free Avast A/V for years, since dumping Norton's JUNK. I decided to use Avast Internet Security once again.
Have any questions, please post back and I will try to answer any questions regarding what I had mentioned above.